Sunday 2pm July 26, 2026 Catherine Doss, piano virtuoso & mezzo-soprano Maggie Ramsey; POTLUCK Dinner Buffet 100/61

Sunday 2pm July 26, 2026 Catherine Doss, piano virtuoso & mezzo-soprano Maggie Ramsey; POTLUCK Dinner Buffet 100/61 ... music begins at 3pm ... optional preconcert talk 2:35pm in music studio.

Catherine Doss is a top award finalist Washington International Piano Arts Competition, seating opens and music begins at 3pm, POTLUCK Buffet and socializing begin at 2pm-doors open 2pm; POTLUCK dinner buffet

Catherine Doss is a pianist based in Manassas, Virginia. Recent appearances include the Cliburn Amateur Festival, PianoTexas, and the Washington International Piano Artists Competition, where she was a top prizewinner. An avid chamber musician and collaborative pianist, she has worked with the Wilmington Choral Society, Interlochen Arts Camp, and Pensacola Opera, where she served as Music Director of the Artists in Residence Program. Catherine holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Piano Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Maggie is an accomplished mezzo-soprano who has performed leading and supporting roles with companies including the Victorian Lyric Opera Company, Bel Cantanti Opera, Shakespeare Opera Theatre, Marble City Opera, Knoxville Opera, Asheville Lyric Opera, Brevard Music Center, and the University of Tennessee Opera Theatre. Career highlights include the title role in the world premiere of Larry Delinger's Medea, Katisha in The Mikado, Dorothée in The Anonymous Lover, and appearances in Ruddigore, Hansel and Gretel, Rigoletto, The Ballad of Baby Doe, and La fille du régiment. Equally at home on the concert stage, she performs regularly with Sopranessence, Opera on Tap, and the Friday Morning Music Club, and was a semifinalist in the professional musical theatre division of the 2024 CS Music Competition. A dedicated educator since 2016, Maggie teaches voice and piano while serving as Director of Communications and Outreach for Sopranessence, where she leads publicity and community engagement initiatives.

Un Été Français

With everything going on these days, we wanted to put together a program that is simply enjoyable — music that is beautiful, entertaining, and uplifting. Un Été français (A French Summer) brings together French and French-inspired works for solo piano and voice, with works by Debussy, Ravel, Hahn, Chaminade, Messiaen, Chopin, and contemporary composers.

PotLuck Dinner Buffet. Host will provide two hot hors d'oeuvres & punch for potluck reception during intermission & beginning, when doors open. Guests are encouraged to bring food/wine to share/potluck; if considering a sweet, think about fruit instead of processed sugar. Music begins at 3pm, please be on time 2pm, 2 sets with 1 short intermission, substance one longer set. Guests most welcome and encouraged to bring dish/drink to share/potluck, please consider bringing wine if you use it. Stemware/Ice Buckets/Filtered Water Provided.

All guests will be seated in Music Room. Accessibility note: 3 steps walkway to entry hall, 30 inch doors inside.

Arrivals 2-2:30pm ...
-potluck dishes dining room
-wine, beverages: bar in galley
-important: coats and bags upstairs please
-arrivals: 2pm for social hour and POTLUCK DINNER buffet
- optional artist discussion/Q&A 2:35-2:55pm PROGRAM NOTES** BELOW
-concert seating opens: 2pm, music begins; 2:35pm for those attending artist discussion
-OK To take food/ wine into Music Studio
-outdoor cats live here
-2 upstairs galleries open, 2 upstairs lavatories, open in addiction to main lavatory rear of studio
-GRATUITIES: most welcome for the artists may NOT be offered at the event but can be sent via groupmuse.com or by ZELLE to [email protected] IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EVENT-- o forms of cash or check transactions are strictly illegal at this event.
- limited PHOTOGRAPHS strictly for personal use may be taken. But may not be uploaded to data sites, shared via email nor posted on any social media sites ... images of guest faces and host home interiors are private. ... please and thank you

Your safety is paramount: covid vaccinated/booster guests preferred, or PCR tested (honor system). Please consider the newly released Flu and current covid vaccines.

What's the music?

Catherine Grimball (she/her)

Attendees

Bella K.

Anita P.

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Jonathan W.